La Furka

A little bit of geography
La Furka (F) is a part of the Saint-Gotthard set of mountains in the Swiss Alps. The Saint-Gotthard pass (G) was a big North-South communication path between Zurich and Milan. Now this pass is not very used because under the mountain there are two tunnels, the first one for the train (dig at the end of the XIXth century) and the second one is an highway. Note that since 1997 a third tunnel is still under construction, the AlpTransit with a 50km length! The Furka pass is the natural border between the Rhone and the Reuss Valley and also between the Valais and Uri cantons.